Souha Bechara

Souha Bechara (15 June 1967-) was a Lebanese Communist Party member who attempted to assassinate South Lebanon Army commander Antoine Lahad in 1988.

Biography
Souha Bechara was born on 15 June 1967 in Deir Mimas, Lebanon to an Orthodox Christian family. She joined the Lebanese Communist Party in 1982 during the Lebanese Civil War, and starting in 1986 she befriended the Lahad family in hopes of assassinating South Lebanon Army leader Antoine Lahad. When she was invited for tea, she shot Lahad twice before she was arrested; Lahad's left arm was paralyzed, and Bechara was held in prison until 3 September 1988, when protests led to her freedom.